Evening Brief

IGP Benazir Ahmed gets US visa to join UNCOPS

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed on Thursday got a United States (US) visa to attend the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2022) in New York.

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Facebook/Benazir Ahmed

Minister: No bar to importing food from Russia, Ukraine

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said the government has no restrictions barring it from importing food products from Russia and Ukraine or any other country.

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File photo of Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Dhaka in talks with Moscow to import oil

Bangladesh is in discussion with Russia to procure crude and refined oil, the Russian envoy in Dhaka said Wednesday, as an alternative trading arrangement was considered as a last resort amid a global crisis.

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An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 21, 2014 Reuters

Price gouging by Dhaka bus operators pinches commuters

Be it government employees or those working in the private sector, the recent bus fare hike is hurting commuters already burdened by inflation.

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File Photo of passengers getting on Bus Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Rohingyas form human chains and rally at camps demanding justice and repatriation

The Rohingyas have held a peaceful human chain and rally to demand justice for the brutal genocide in Myanmar in 2017 alongside their dignified repatriation with full civil rights.

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Rohingyas protest with banners at Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, August 25, 2022 Dhaka Tribune

‘Everyone should work together for the benefit of RMG workers’

Government, employers and workers should all work together for the benefit of the workers of the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector, experts said on Thursday.

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File Photo of Garment Workers Reuters